Rail nipper



March 15, 1932. DlMETROFF 1,849,178

RAIL NIPPEB Filed Dec. 3, 1930 awn/nap.

Patented Mar. 15, 1932 UNITED. STATES THOMAS A. DIMETROFF, OFFR-EEIVLANyWASI-IINGTO-N RAIL mrrnn Application filed December 3, 1930.Serial No. 499,832

This invention aims to provide a novel fulcrum member, adapted tosupport a bar, whlch is used to raise a railroad rail, so

that a tie plate can be slid under the rail.

It is within the province of the disclosure 1 to improve generally andto enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the I inventionappertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combine,

tion and arrangement of parts and in the details of constructionhereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changesrearwardly inclined, pointed prongs 8.

in the precise embodimentof the invention herein disclosed, may bemadewithinthe scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit ofthe invention. In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 shows inelevation, a device con structed in accordance with the invention, partsbeing broken away;

Figure 2 is a top plan;

Figure 3 is a bottom plan of the fulcrum member;

Figure 4 is an elevation ofthe fulcrum member;

Figure 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of- Figure 2.

The numeral 1 marks the railroad tie, and the numeral 2 designates therailroad rail. Thenumeral 3 indicates a tie plate. The numeral 4designates a bar, which, being introduced under the ball of the rail 2,is used to raise the rail, so that the tie plate 3 can be slid to placebetween the tie 1 and the rail 2. V

For the support of the bar 4 there is provided a fulcrum member,including a flat metal plate 5 provided near to its forward edge with aplurality of holes. 6. Parallel slits 7 are formed in the plate 5 inadvance of the holes 6, the slits 7 communicating with the holes 6. Thematerial freed in theformation of the slits 7 is forced downwardly,1asin Figure 5, toform downwardly extended,

The fulcrum member includesv an inverted, U-shaped metalbracket-comprising downwardly diverging legs .9 having outwardlyextended feet 10 connected by securing elements 11 with the base plate5. The upper ends of the legs 9 are connected by a saddle shown at 14,from front to back, and is concaved, as shown at 15 from side to side.The bracket is forwardly inclined, as shown at '12. The saddle 12 isupwardly convexed, as

16, to overhang the forward edge'of the base plate 5.

In practical operation, the bar-4 is engaged a under the ball of therail 2, and is mounted,

intermediate its ends, in the saddle 12 of the fulcrum member. Becausethe saddle 12' is upwardly convexed from front to back as shown at 14,the bar 4 can rock readily on the saddle. Because the saddle isconcaved,

as shown at 15, from side toside, the bar will not readily slipoff thesaddle, .sidewise. The I bracket of the fulcrum member is forwardlyinclined at 16, and the prongs-8am down wardly and rearwardly inclined,as shown in Figure 5. The result is that when pressure is put on the bar4, to lift the rail 2, there is a tendency to slide the fulcrum member,as a ,whole, backwardly, a little, and thereby embed the prongs 8 in thetie 1, the backward movement ofthe fulcrum member thus being i stopped,and the fulcrum member remaining securely in place, as a support for thebar 4.

If, for any reason, it is desired to fasten the base plate downpermanently, it canbe done by driving spikes through the exposed holes 6of Figure 2. -Ordinarily,-however, and in the operation shown in Figures1 and 2, there is no occasion for spiking down the 7 base plate, prongs8 being entirely adequate to hold the plate against/backward move ment.It is only in unusual jobs, or where the fulcrum member is to remain inplace fora long time that it may be desirable to spike it down throughthe holes6.

The device forming the subject' matter of I this application, issimplein construction, but it will be found thoroughly eifectivetosupport a bar, such as the bar 4, when new ties'have been put in,andwhen it is necessary to raise the rail, in order that'the tie plates maybe slid under the rail.

The structure hereinbefore described, willi be found to be of peculiarutility in replacing tie plates during the process of putting in newties.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

In a device for raising railroad rails, a fulcrum member comprising abase plate and an upstanding bracket on the base plate, the v bracketbeing provided at its top with a saddle which is upwardly convexed fromfront to back, and concaved from side to side.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature.

THOMAS A. DIMETROFF.

